Brooder



G. CUGLEY BROODER March 9,1926. 1,576,171

Filed June 25. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 9,1926. 1,516,177 G. CUGLEY snoonsn Filed June 25, 1923 4 s i i ts-sneet 2 March 9, 1926. 1,576,177

' G. CUGLEY BYHOODBB Filed June 25. 1923 4 Shuts-Sheet 3 March 9 1926.

G. CUGLEY BROODER Filed June 25. 1923 4 smug-Sheet 4 Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

U TED STATES:

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Application filed m egs iaza' Serial Iv -64,1630.

To allu'lwmz'tmay concern." v

Be it known that I, G O GE C L Y, a citizen of the United States, re-siding'at Springfield, in the county-of Clark and State of ()hio, have invented certain new and useful In' pr-ovements in Broode-rs, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 3

My invent-ion relates to brooders and more particularly to a brooder for young chicks that employs a cone shaped metal canopy supported over a; floor with its lower edges a. sufficientdistance above the floor to give thechickseasy access to the space or cliainberfunder the canopy.

It has been common to heatsuch spacevor chamber with a centrally located oil burner;

but such burners do not give asu l'licient temperature at the outer or more exposed portion of the chamber and the chicks are tempted to crowd in' toward the center of the chamber. y

The object of my invention is to provide means to convey or transmit the heat of the burner to the outer or more exposed portions of the chamber and this I accomplish by employing a. heat conveyor; plate disposed over the burner to absorb and convey the heat therefrom to its outer edges which are secured to and in contact with the canopy, so that the heat is transmitted to and further carried thereby to its outer extremities; and I have obtained the best results with a heat conveyor plate of a diameter equal to or greater than one-half the. greatest diameter of the canopy. In practice I have found that -by the use of this conveyor plate the temperature at the outer or more exposed portion of the space or chamber is increased fifteen per cent.

Suitable openings through the canopy and heat conveyor plate are provided for the proper ventilation and the escape oi. foul gases.

lVhile I have shown and described a canopy conical in shape any suit-able form of canopy may be employed.

lVith these and other objects in view my invention consists of the constructions and combinations hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings 'which form apart of this specification Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a brooder with the canopy In the drawings 1 represents in section,- the same as shown embodying my invent-ion, Fig. 2 is a plan view of, the bro o derwithout the canopypFig. 3 "is an enlarged sectional view of the reservoir and container, Fig.4 an enlarged sectional view of the "burner, Fig. 5 isa side eleva- :tion partly in; section of the canopy, Fig. 6 1

is a plan view of the canopy'and heat @011 veyor plate, inverted, Fig. 7 1s a perspective view of a ventilator cap for the canopy.

Like numerals represent the same parts in the severalviews. i

a metal canopy preferably cone shaped as shown "supported bylegs 2 a suitable distance from the floor to admit the chicks to thespace or chamber covered by the canopy. A heat conveyor plate 3, slightly conical in form to afford stability,'is secured to the canopy by clips 4-. A ventilator cap Shaving the opening 6 is provided which together with the opening Tin the outer edges'of the heat conveyor plate' atfords means for the escape of foul gases fronrthe brooder chamberi It will be seen that the heater conveyor plate is so secured to the canopy that the outer edges of the plate are in contact with the canopy so that the heat conveyed by the plate will be transmitted to the canopy and carried thereby to its outer extremity.

An oil reservoir 8 supported by legs 9 is provided with a bracket 10 supporting as shown an oil container 11 having an opening 12 throng-ha projecting neck 13 whichopening is normally closed by a spring pressed valve 1% It will be seen that the container may be lifted from its seat by a bail 15 and inverted and when inverted as shown in Fig. 3, the valve stem 16 contacts the bot-tom of the reservoir and lifts the 9 the means for attaching it to the oil supply.

The supply pipe 17 with a supporting leg 17 has an opening 18 which connects with a like opening in a casting 19 soldered to the pipe. An end 20 of this casting fits into a recess of a casting 21 soldered to the lower llU - ing 19 permits the oil to flow from the opencylinder of the burner. This casting is held rigidly in place on the pipe by a clamp 22 which extends around the castings 19 and 21 and a screw 23-forces the end into the recess in the casting 21 forming a leak proofjoint. An opening through the castings in the pipe and casting 19 to an annular chamber 24: in the lower burner cylinders. The :lower burner cylinders consist of an outer cylinder 25 and aninner, cylinder 26 made from a single sheet of metal-U-shaped in form with its closed end at the bottom forming said chamber. A cylindrical wick 27 carried by a perforated sleeve 28 fits in the chamber 2-1 and is raised and loweredby a sprocket wheel 29, the teeth of the wheel engaging the perforations of the sleeve. Said sleeve extends about half the length of the wick and is carried around the lower end of the wick and crimped in such a manner as tohold itsecurely when the wick is raised and lowered. V r

A core 30 18 secured to the inner cylinder 3 26 so that a proper amount of air 1s introduced to the flame. for combustion. Within the dome 31 the upper perforated cylinders 82 andr33 are disposed forming an annular chamber in line with the cylindrical wick and the heat passes through said cylinder andcthe openingfit in the drum cover directly against the heat conveyor plate 3 by :which it is absorbed and carried tothe outer or more exposed portion of the brooder chamber as hereinbefore pointed out.

The supporting legs of the reservoir and supply pipe are of such length that when seated on a level floor the'oil will flow from its'level in the reservoir to a corresponding and proper level for consumption in the annular chamber 24,;said levels being marked X' n the drawings; and in the event of a variation of the level of the oilin said chamber caused by an uneven sagging or buckling floor the 'wick Wlll continue to supply oil for the flame.

. Having thus described my invention I claim: v V

The combination with a canopy for a brooder, or a'heat conveyor plate in said canopy with peripheral contact therewith,

whereby heat conveyed by the plate will be transmitted to the canopy and carried thereby to its outer extren'iities,fand exit ports in said plate and canopy for the escape of foul gases. v i v In testimony whereof I have hereunto at fixed my signature GEORGE GUGLEY. 

